The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

wdwfan4ver

Well-Known Member
Funny story...my grandmother LOOOOOVED tigers. To the point where my aunt arranged to take her to a big cat refuge. Where she got to pet the tigers and feed one of them from a bottle. While she was feeding the tiger, a lion came over for his turn and was being "greedy and snippy". No lie - she smacked the lion on the freaking nose...and the lion's reaction looked like he had no idea what to make of it, lol. (The cats were in a cage and she was outside the cage.)

Methinks the guy in your story saw one too many big cat shows and assumed that the cats are "tame".
At least those tigers aren't like one the elephants in circus world museum. Circus World Museum was on tv and the tv person was allowed to feed the apples to the elephants. It was going well until one of the Elephants decided to take bag of apples and walked away with it.
 

93boomer

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Goofyernmost

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It depends on the race track. I've been following CART/Indycar since the 1980s. I first got into NASCAR in 1993.

I've been to the Milwaukee Mile NASCAR races and 1 CART race there. What I mean by CART is the open wheel series that is now called Indycar. I've been Road America Practices for CART. That track back in the day was great to see races at. I said back in the day because the race track for the most of the year is not used for races at all. It is not used by Indycar or NASCAR at all anymore.

What I can tell you is it is better seeing Road America in TV. The problem is you couldn't see the whole track and you basically need to bring a long a radio or something to the seating area. Road America is a 4 mile road course. That means if there is a crash or a caution, there is a good chance of not able to see it.
I'm talking about quarter, half and three quarter mile oval tracks. I used to also go to dirt tracks those were fun. If they had an accident it usually spilled gas on the track and they would burn it off before restarting the race.
 

Goofyernmost

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In today's local news: a man jumped a fence, broke into the city zoo (before zoo opened up for the day), and tried to gain entrance to the tiger's area. Security cameras caught the breach and police, and zoo workers rushed there and the guy ran off (apparently, his attempt to get in the tiger's area, had failed). Police brought him into custody.

This afternoon (sometime after his release today), a reporter asked him a few questions. The guy was ticked off because the zoo workers asked if he was crazy, by trying to brake into the tiger's area. He said, "No I'm not crazy. I just like tigers." :jawdrop: :p
It's probably mutual. I'm sure the Tigers would have found him quite tasty. 🤪🐅
 

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